Le Petit Zinc

Over priced with soggy chips and that just about sums it up.
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Mr Peter Himler - View all reviews by this user
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Food 6 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 1
Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Have been eating here every so many years over the last 25. Now it had been at least 5 years ago and it definitely went down. I ordered a glass of 2002 saint emilion and had a waiter wisk by, pouring something my glass without showing the bottle. The taste was definitely not what i had ordered. Called the waiter and yep... they had given me a 2007 saint-estephe (end of the bottle). The meat was still as good as i remembered it but service was hasty and sloppy. No more. From a 'classic' it has become a tourist stop.
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Food 7 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 4
Sunday, March 28, 2010

Looks lovely and inviting from the outside, but the service was poor and the food worse. My husbands Crab salad was bland and looked liked something my 11 year old could throw together, my 12 prawns at 20Euros were ok but nothing special, I then had Scallop risotto, the scallops were nice but I can make a much much better risotto at home and my husbands sole again was ok but for over 30euros we expected a lot more. We came here for our wedding anniversary last week and were hugely disappointed. Stay away!
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Food 1 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 0
Tuesday, February 16, 2010

My wife and I live in Paris and speak fluent French, which is why we stay away from restaurants that overcharge and underserve, so to speak. Well, we blew it last night, for sure, by giving in to the temptation to try this neighborhood restaurant that always seemed attractive and lively, from the outside. Once inside, I have to admit, the decor was encouraging, and there is no doubt that this is a beautiful and romantic place. But that's where the pleasure stops. The food ranges from average to mediocre, the prices are way out of proportion for what they give you, and the service is, to put it politely, inept and uncaring. In fact, they did something I never encountered in a restaurant before: The waiter made a mistake in taking one of the orders, and when he started to place the silverware for the main course, this alerted us as to the mistake (he wrote down a veal dish, instead of fish). We pointed out the mistake, but nonetheless, when he showed up ten minutes later with our three meals, he still brought the wrong dish for our guest, saying that he realized it was an error, but that if she wished, she could change it. Of course, faced with the prospect of two of us having already been served and having to wait for a new order while we either ate without her, or let our dishes get cold while we waited for hers, we accepted it. The waiter, also of course, knew perfectly well what he was doing, manipulating us in a completely unacceptable way. It was a totally repulsive experience, and I had to apologize profusely to our guest for putting her though this.

I strongly recommend that you stay away from this one.
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Food 1 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 1
Saturday, November 14, 2009

We booked a table for 7 at 9.30 and duly arrived at the restaurant, there were about another 15 people standing around the entrance, they too were waiting for their tables.

We waited for over an hour, and still didnt have a table, there is nowhere to sit or wait while you have a drink so you are forced to just stand at the entrance waiting.

There are 2 sittings but the maitre d' made no attempt to get the party at "our" table to move - nor did he offer us much in the way of an apology or explanation. Eventually after waiting very patiently for an hour and ten minutes we left, by then it was 10.40, we were very hungry and our evening was in tatters.

My advice would be dont book for the second sitting, and dont go if there are more than 2 of you!
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Jacky Kearns
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Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Monday, March 30, 2009